2008 New York Calendar of Upcoming Schools and Workshops
June 7 Maple Confections Workshop II, Western PA and Eastern Ohio
June 10-11 Maple Confection Workshop I, St. Lawrence County
June 14 Maple Confection Workshop I, North East Ohio
July 27-29 New York State Maple Tour
View Press release and registration form.
September 6 Maple Confection Workshop II, Sullivan County
September 27 Fall Maple Workshop, Schoharie County
October 14 Maple Confection Workshop II, Franklin County
October 18 Maple Confection I Workshop
Download contact information & more details on these workshops here
New York Maple
Events and Festivals
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Visitors watching maple syrup being made during a Maple Weekend open house in Chautauqua County. |
Once the warm days and cool nights have given way to consistently warmer weather, many folks around New York State celebrate the completed maple season. Upstate and downstate alike come alive with communities holding festivals complete with parades, contests and, of course, maple demonstrations and tastings.
Among those communities holding festivals are:
Albany County
Knox - Palm Sunday. 518-765-3500
Allegany County
Andover - last weekend in March. 607-478-8455
Cattaraugus County
Franklinville - last weekend in April. 716-676-9910
Central New York
Marathon - last weekend in March.
Marcellus - every Saturday in March. Centers for Nature Education at Baltimore Woods Onondaga County Park, 4007 Bishop Hill Road, Marcellus. 315-673-1350
Clinton County
Open Houses throughout county - last weekend in March. 518-493-6141
Lewis County
Croghan - 3rd Saturday in May. The American Maple Museum is a repository of maple production artifacts and offers an opportunity to learn the history of how maple is made. 315-346-1107
Putnam County
Cold Spring - mid-March. 845-265-3773
Schoharie County
Cobleskill - late April. 518-234-2067
See Us at the Fair
New York State Maple Producers Association members have a booth at the New York State Fair in Syracuse each year from late August to early September. Producers sell a variety of pure maple products plus maple snow cones and maple cotton fluff. They also make and sell nearly a ton of maple sugar during the fair. MORE >>> |
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Maple Weekend
Discover the taste of maple. Each year, over 100 maple producers statewide open
their sugar houses to the public on one or two weekends in March.
Bring your family and visit several operations to see the
variety of equipment and methods used to make maple syrup and sample
a variety of maple products. Many producers provide wagon rides to the
woods, tapping demonstrations, and historical displays. Some producers
offer pancake meals and many local civic organizations hold pancake breakfasts. MORE >>>
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